Not ideas, but material and ideal interests, directly govern men's conduct. Yet very frequently the ‘world images' that have been created by ‘ideas' have, like switchmen, determined the tracks along which action has been pushed by the dynamic of interest. Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany - Page 5by Rogers Brubaker - 1992 - 270 pagesLimited preview - About this book
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| Robin Blackburn - Slavery - 1998 - 612 pages
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...directly govern man's conduct. Yet very frequently the 'world images' which have been created by Mdeas' have, like switchmen, determined the tracks along which action has been pushed by the dynamics of interests" (in Gerth and Mills 1946, 63-64). Combining Marxism and Neo- Kantian ism Understanding... | |
| Stephen K. Sanderson - Reference - 2000 - 416 pages
...his view of the role of ideas and interests in history. 'Not ideas, but material and ideal interests, directly govern men's conduct. Yet very frequently...along which action has been pushed by the dynamic of interest.' (Weber 1958: 280.) This simile illustrates his attempt to capture the importance of world... | |
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